“The Open Door will be the policy of this magazine—may the great poet we are looking for never find it shut, or half-shut, against his ample genius!”

Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe Biography

Critic(1860–1936)

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American art critic Harriet Monroe founded Poetry magazine, which helped launch the careers of many popular poets, in 1912.

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Born in Chicago in 1860, art and drama critic Harriet Monroe is best known for founding Poetry magazine. The open-minded publication helped launch the careers of many poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks and John Ashbery.

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